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JOHN H. "RYLAND; 0F ALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

Lem Patent No. 95,047, dated September 21 1869.

IIQPROVEMENT IN STRAW-CUTTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thelame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J orm HJRYLAND, of the city of- Baltimore, inthe-State of Maryland, have invented an Improved Straw-Gutter and I dohereby declare the following to be a full and correct description of.the same, reference being'hadto the accompanying flrawings, in which--Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine.

Figure 2 isanend elevation,

Figure 3 is a plan or top' View, and

Figure 4 is arearelevationbf the same.

The same part is marked by the same letter of referencewherever itoccurs.

vThe nature of the invention consists'in the peculiar mode of gearingthe machine, by whichgreat power is obtained.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will describe its.construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings A marks the frame, constructed in the usualmode.

' \V is a .winch, attached toone end of the main shaft of thestraw-cutter, by means of which the machinery is operated directly byhand-power.

B represents -a band-wheel, also attached to the main shaft, affordingthe means of driving the machine by power'derivedfrom any suitable primemover.

The main shaft S is hung to the frame by journalboxes P, and on it isfirmly attached the bevelear G, which engages and drives the knife-wheelD. The knife-wheel revolves'upon a fixed aiiis, H, which is supported,and attached to the frame A, by the bracket J, in such manner that thecurved knives K, attached to its arms, work closely and evenly againstthe metal-faced mouth'G of the trough T. p

The wheel Dis prevented from being deflected from its proper plane 01'rexolution by the pressure of the roller-R, which isheld and supportedby the arm I,

attached to the frame.

To the main shaft Sis also attached the gear-wheel L, which, in itsrevolution, turns the pinion M, thus driving the feed-roller 1, and bymeans of the pinion N, on the other end of the feed-roller, and thepinion 0, upon the rear end of the front belt-roller 1', operates theendless beltE, stretched upon its two rollers r and 'r'. g

The'operation is as follows;

The straw or hay to be cut is placed in the trough T, and ,is fed up tothe knives, through the mouth G of the trough, by the conjoint operationof the' feedroller F andthe endless belt E.

it By turning the winch W, or the band-wheel B, the main shaft Srevolves the gear-wheel O, which, engag ing with the teeth of. theknife-wheel. D, causes that wheel to perform its proper oflice ofcarrying the knives through the straw.

The arm I holds the knife-wheel in its place, while allowing it to turnfreely, by means of the roller R.

.The gear-wheel L drives the feed-roller F, and, by the aid of thepinious M, N, and 0, operates the endless belt E, which.co-operate'swith 'the feed-roller in' supplying the knives with straw or hay.-

The advantage of this peculiar mode of gearing is, the gain of powerforthe operation of the knife.

Having described the construction and'operation of my improvedstraw-cutter,

What [claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is--' The combination and arrangement of the gear-wheel O, theknife-wheel D, the curved knives K, the arm I,

and the roller R, when constructed as and for .the purpose set forth. I

The above specification of my said invention signed and witnessed, atWashington, this 5th day of May, A. D. 1869.

J. H. RYLAND. Witnesses:

A. O. BRADLEY, CHAS. F. STANSBURY;

